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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I started a running list of memorable ECs (from this site's old posts and what I hear from our school community or see on reddit). See below. Please add on!

STEM RELATED
Working as a car mechanic;
Restoring pinball machines or vintage arcade games;
Getting licensed as a HAM radio operator;
Clock repair/watchmaking;
Working with a glassblower or in a scientific glassware repair shop;
Telescope making - esp if interested in astronomy; and
Working on model trains (modernization and automation).

CS RELATED
business founder for computer repair
"Hobby Engineering" (independent projects)

HUMANITIES RELATED
Letterpress printing and bookbinding
Cartography and mapmaking
Puppetry and marionette making

OUTDOOR HOBBIES
fishing, rock climbing, archery

OTHER HOBBIES:
origami, coin collecting, birdwatching, crocheting, blacksmithing, woodworking, master reseller on FB marketplace

PT JOBS:
car mechanic
oil repair/oil change mechanic
seamstress
butchering
makeup artist
obituary writer for local small-town paper

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In our school kids with these niche ECs (fabricating a car engine, etc.) did not get into T20 schools.  Most of them went to state schools.

Car mechanics, for example, was cool when someone first uses it as EC.  Once it's known and replicated, a dime a dozen.

If your kids are truly interested in these and enjoy doing it, go ahead.  [/quote]

I know 2 car mechanics in my non-DMV city this year. I don't know if its that common, or maybe not in our area?
One ED into Northwestern.
One REA into Yale.

Have heard the manual labor kind of ECs are the best ones to do nowadays.[/quote]

Manual labor has been popular for many years.  Clique.  Have to be a truly unique manual labor.  [/quote]

My daughter got into an Ivy and spent the past 3 summers as a short order cook, operating a deep fryer and griddle for 40 hours a week. Otherwise she's an upper middle class kid with top grades. Her essays were really interesting. [/quote]

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